Rite

//ɹaɪt//

Synonyms for "rite" (93 found)

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Related words (46)

Noun(2 words)
religious riteritual

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derived

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Translations

104 translations across 65 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • rit noun (ritual)

Ancient Greek

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  • θέσμιον noun (ritual)
  • τελετή noun (ritual)

Arabic

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  • شَعِيرَة noun (ritual)
  • طَقْس noun (ritual)
  • طَقْس دِينِيّ noun (ritual)

Armenian

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  • արարողություն noun (ritual)
  • ծես noun (ritual)

Azerbaijani

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  • ayin noun (ritual)

Bashkir

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  • йола noun (ritual)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • абра́д noun (ritual)
  • рытуа́л noun (ritual)

Bengali

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  • আচার noun (ritual)

Bulgarian

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  • о́бред noun (ritual)
  • ритуа́л noun (ritual)

Burmese

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  • အခမ်းအနား noun (ritual)

Catalan

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  • ritu noun (ritual)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 儀 /仪 noun (ritual)
  • 儀式 /仪式 noun (ritual)
  • 典禮 /典礼 noun (ritual)
  • 禮 /礼 noun (ritual)

Czech

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  • obřad noun (ritual)
  • rituál noun (ritual)

Danish

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  • rite noun (ritual)
  • ritus noun (ritual)

Dutch

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  • kerkgebruik noun (ritual)
  • ritus noun (ritual)

Egyptian

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  • i-ir-w-A53 noun (ritual)

Esperanto

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  • rito noun (ritual)

Estonian

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  • riitus noun (ritual)
  • rituaal noun (ritual)

Finnish

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  • riitti noun (ritual)

French

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  • es pl or noun (ritual)
  • rite noun (ritual)

Galician

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  • rito noun (ritual)

Georgian

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  • რიტუალი noun (ritual)

German

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  • Brauch noun (ritual)
  • Ritus noun (ritual)

Greek

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  • τελετουργία noun (ritual)

Hebrew

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  • פולחן \ פֻּלְחָן noun (ritual)

Hindi

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  • अनुष्ठान noun (ritual)

Hungarian

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  • ceremónia noun (ritual)
  • rítus noun (ritual)
  • szertartás noun (ritual)

Icelandic

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  • helgiathöfn noun (ritual)
  • helgisiður noun (ritual)

Indonesian

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  • ritus noun (ritual)
  • upacara noun (ritual)

Interlingua

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  • rito noun (ritual)

Italian

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  • rito noun (ritual)

Japanese

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  • 儀式 noun (ritual)

Kazakh

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  • ырым noun (ritual)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ពិធី noun (ritual)
  • វិធី noun (ritual)

Korean

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  • 의식 noun (ritual)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ырым noun (ritual)

Lao

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  • ພິທີ noun (ritual)
  • ພິທີກຳ noun (ritual)

Latin

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  • caerimōnia noun (ritual)
  • rītus noun (ritual)

Latvian

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  • rits noun (ritual)
  • rituāls noun (ritual)

Lithuanian

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  • ritualas noun (ritual)

Macedonian

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  • обред noun (ritual)
  • ритуа́л noun (ritual)

Malay

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  • ritus noun (ritual)

Māori

2 entries
  • kawanga noun (ritual)
  • ritenga noun (ritual)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • ritual noun (ritual)

Old English

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  • sidu noun (ritual)

Persian

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  • آیین noun (ritual)

Polish

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  • obrządek noun (ritual)
  • obrzęd noun (ritual)
  • ryt noun (ritual)
  • rytuał noun (ritual)

Portuguese

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  • rito noun (ritual)

Quechua

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  • hayway noun (ritual)

Romanian

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  • rit noun (ritual)
  • ritual noun (ritual)

Russian

2 entries
  • обря́д noun (ritual)
  • ритуа́л noun (ritual)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • deas-ghnàth noun (ritual)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • ritùāl noun (ritual)
  • òbred noun (ritual)
  • о̀бред noun (ritual)
  • риту̀а̄л noun (ritual)

Slovak

2 entries
  • obrad noun (ritual)
  • rituál noun (ritual)

Slovene

2 entries
  • obred noun (ritual)
  • ritual noun (ritual)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rito noun (ritual)

Swedish

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  • rit noun (ritual)

Tajik

1 entries
  • оин noun (ritual)

Tatar

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  • йола noun (ritual)

Thai

2 entries
  • พิธี noun (ritual)
  • พิธีกรรม noun (ritual)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ayin noun (ritual)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • обря́д noun (ritual)
  • ритуа́л noun (ritual)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • marosim noun (ritual)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • lễ nghi noun (ritual)
  • nghi lễ noun (ritual)
  • nghi thức noun (ritual)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • orò noun (ritual)

Sample sentences

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This rite is part of their religion.

Source: tatoeba (48758)

This parade descends from an ancient rite.

Source: tatoeba (60640)

The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.

Source: tatoeba (426674)

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused riots at its 1913 premiere. These days, of course, music is only capable of causing angry YouTube comment threads.

Source: tatoeba (715377)

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